Unscramble CONFEDERATE to get 350 words. CONFEDERATE itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is DEFECATOR, 15 points. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from CONFEDERATE by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 9, 30 with 8, 48 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Among 30 8-letter words made with CONFEDERATE letters, the top score is 14, reached by 7. CENTERED, ENFORCED and DECORATE are the familiar ones.
48 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CONFEDERATE; 10 of them share the top score of 13. CREATED, ENTERED and DEFENCE are everyday picks.
5 of 60 6-letter words from CONFEDERATE tie at 12 points; none scores more. FACTOR, FORCED and DECENT will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CONFEDERATE, DECAF and FACED tie for first at 11 points. AFTER, FRONT and OFTEN are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from CONFEDERATE, the top score is 9, reached by 6. FREE, CODE and CARD are the familiar ones.
CAF tops the 3-letter words in CONFEDERATE at 8 points; next come DEF and DOF on 7. CAN, CAR and END will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CONFEDERATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with CO · ending in TE · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DEFECATOR (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
CONFEDERATE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONFEDERATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 350) | 297 | 350 | 277 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 53 of them: CANTREF, CENTRODE, ENFREED, FORCAT, NECTARED, CANTRED, CEDRATE, DECREET, DRACONE, ENRACED, FARDEN, FEATED and 41 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: DEFECATOR, CROFTED, FRANCO, NOTECARD, RECOATED, ACORNED, CARDON, DACRON, CAF, DECAN, FREON, AFRO and 8 more.
With one more tile, the letters of CONFEDERATE spell the words below.